I unlocked a whole bunch of Guardian stuff and went fighting a Thargoid for the first time, solo, in a krait, with shard cannons...
one rebuy and one retreat later, i finally managed to crack a Cyclops by myself!!!
...but at 3% hull, it definitely could have gone better.
Engineered, stacked with HRPs and military hull, i only got the krait to around 3000 integrity, which as you can see didn't leave great margin for error, at least not with shard cannons.
I do have Guardian HRPs unlocked though, and while they DO give significantly lower integrity than engineered HRPs, would the 20~ percent damage resistance do a better job at keeping me alive?
Anyone here have experience or numbers with these? And in general, what IS the best way to keep your health up when solo?
I did hear a fighter is useful to distract the thargon swarm, but I couldn't add one of those to my Krait without tossing a 5D reinforcement, so I have the feeling you're not really intended to fight them solo anyway.
one rebuy and one retreat later, i finally managed to crack a Cyclops by myself!!!

...but at 3% hull, it definitely could have gone better.
Engineered, stacked with HRPs and military hull, i only got the krait to around 3000 integrity, which as you can see didn't leave great margin for error, at least not with shard cannons.
I do have Guardian HRPs unlocked though, and while they DO give significantly lower integrity than engineered HRPs, would the 20~ percent damage resistance do a better job at keeping me alive?
Anyone here have experience or numbers with these? And in general, what IS the best way to keep your health up when solo?
I did hear a fighter is useful to distract the thargon swarm, but I couldn't add one of those to my Krait without tossing a 5D reinforcement, so I have the feeling you're not really intended to fight them solo anyway.
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